BARBARA'S TCHATZKAHS

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY International Women's Day has been observed since in the early 1900's, a time of great expansion and turbulence in the industrialized world that saw booming population growth and the rise of radical ideologies. 1908 Great unrest and critical debate was occurring amongst women. Women's oppression and inequality was spurring women to become more vocal and active in campaigning for change. Then in 1908, 15,000 women marched through New York City demanding shorter hours, better pay and voting rights. 1909 In accordance with a declaration by the Socialist Party of America, the first National Woman's Day (NWD) was observed across the United States on 28 February. Women continued to celebrate NWD on the last Sunday of February until 1913. 1910 At a Socialist International meeting in Copenhagen, an International Women's Day of no fixed date was proposed to honour the women's rights movement and to assist in achieving universal suffrage for ...

Lynette Long wrote a wonderful article in the Baltimore Sun today . I am not at my best today, on top of the fact that this is a great article. Here's just one of the comments from a reader of the article: I can't adequately express the dismay, disgust and disillusionment I have felt in the Democrats' handling of Hillary throughout this election cycle. My husband and I are independents whose values and outlook have traditionally been more in sync with those of the Democrats, but we will both vote Republican this year. Just to illustrate the magnitude of that decision: I am a vegetarian, pro-choice, feminist immigrant - and I will not vote for Barack Obama, nor for his party of sycophantic hypocrites who so gleefully turned upon the very people who had promoted their ideals and fought their battles so successfully eight short years ago. My vote was cast the moment Mr. Obama told me - and eighteen millions others like me - to "get over it." I've charted my cour...

I am infertile. Yes I have 2 children but I got them after 12+ years of drugs, treatments, surgeries even ovarian hyperstimulation... and during that time (but NOT because of the infertility treatments) I became disabled and had OTHER drugs, treatments and therapies that destroyed my body. But despite giving birth to two wonderful children, I am still INFERTILE. The point is this: You had to have help (in my case a LOT of it... treatments nowadays would have made this easier... but... oh well!) to do what most women do naturally and easily. You body doesn't work the way a woman's body should. And with PCOS a lot of other things happen that aren't pleasant. You may be a mother but you will always be infertile. An ethical debate has arisen in Israel now over ova donations to help infertile couples. Religious persons may say one thing but believe me -- when you long for a child with your heart and soul -- religion is the last thing someone might care about. (Not all... ...